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20 BCBUSINESS FEBRUARY 2020 READ THIS Adam Kreek knows how to set and achieve a goal. The Victoria-based management consultant was a member of the Canadian rowing team that won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. (He's also recovered from setbacks: as he and friends tried to row across the Atlantic, they capsized in the Bermuda Triangle.) In The Responsibility Ethic: 12 Strategies Exceptional People Use to Do the Work and Make Success Happen, Kreek draws on his own experiences to show how to suc- ceed using the CLEAR (collaborative, limited, emotional, appreciable, refinable) method for goal setting and strategic planning. Page Two Books 270 pages, paperback, $21 • ( the informer ) Time for a hard look at your office culture, B.C.: with the feds add- ing new Labour Code rules against harass- ment and violence this year, we measure the province's workplace toxicity levels by Melissa Edwards 1/2 reported the bullying 1/4 of employers took action Bad Company G O F I G U R E about 75,000 [cubic metres] of open-loop scrubber wash wa- ter," he says. Open-loop scrubbers dump contaminated wastewater into the sea. Closed-loop scrubbers use chemically treated water to extract and neutralize pol- lutants, collecting residue on- board and reusing the water. Most ocean-going ships have open-loop systems, according to Clear Seas. There's also grey water, the non-sewage wastewater from sinks, laundry, showers, clean- ing and so on. It can contain oils, micro-plastics and other contaminants. Ships aren't allowed to dump grey water within three nautical miles of shore. "It's uncertain where grey water dumping occurs," Dumbrille says, "and its treat- ment inside three nautical miles should be done through the most advanced wastewater treatment systems available." But only some ships, par- ticularly newer ones, have sophisticated systems for grey water. Also, there are still no controls on black carbon and greenhouse gas ( GHG) emis- sions, Dumbrille says. In a recent report, the European Federation for Trans- port & Environment points out that Carnival Cruise Lines ships alone emit 10 times more sulphur than all of the cars in Europe. The authors recom- mend using shore power, which lets ships in port plug into the electrical grid and shut down their engines. Vancouver has employed shore power since 2009. The Greater Victo- ria Harbour Authority, which also hopes to install such a system, has commissioned an engineering assessment. Unfortunately, not all ships are equipped to plug in. But the Port of Vancouver says there have been at least 500 shore power connections since 2009, including half of all cruise ships in 2019. For the cruise industry, the result has been 6,574 tonnes of fuel savings, some 20,000 tonnes fewer GHG emissions and a 583-tonne reduction in air pollutants. Yet those numbers also highlight the volume of pollution that cruise ships produce. Then there are fuel leaks or illegal dumps. Before reaching port, cruise ships and other vessels are subjected to regular log checks at security points. Of course, captains are un- likely to make log entries like, "January 12, 2020—quietly dumped a bunch of oil and diesel. No one must know!" So through its National Aerial Surveillance Program, Trans- port Canada has a Dash-8 plane keeping an eye on cruise ships along the coast, looking for tell- tale slicks that would indicate illegal discharges. Ships and whales are never a good mix, so in 2014 the Port of Vancouver launched its ECHO (Enhancing Cetacean Habitat and Observation) pro- gram. More than a sterling ex- ample of acronym formation, ECHO aims to protect local pop- ulations, especially southern resident killer whales (SRKW). Dumbrille says a 20-percent reduction in ship speed would reduce underwater noise levels by 66 percent and whale colli- sions by 78 percent. The industry is on-board with ECHO, says Donna Spald- ing, government affairs and community relations repre- sentative with the North West and Canada division of the U.S.-based Cruise Lines Inter- national Association. Ships in a 30-mile zone that includes Boundary Pass and Haro Strait, off Vancouver Island, have dropped speeds to 14.5 knots from a typical 16 to 20. "This agreement is the first of its kind in the marine environment and includes many objectives to mitigate the impacts on the SRKW," Spalding says. The cruise ship industry is thriving and unlikely to shrink—but can its environ- mental impact be minimized? Yes, WWF's Dumbrille says, but getting there will require strict- er regulation. "Consumers can also play an important role by demanding action from the cruise sector to dramatically reduce its pollution and carbon emissions." • 61% of B.C. women have experienced sexual harassment at work 7% say there was a "sig- nificant amount" of harassment 24% say they perceived pressure related to their employ- ment, training or promotion 31% 20% of British Colum- bians say they've been bullied in the workplace know of a coworker who has been bullied on the job The perpetrators CLIENT OR CUSTOMER BOSS PEER 53% 35% 34% 39% 32% 42% WOMEN MEN WOMEN: 19% MEN: 13% Canadians in a 2016 survey who said they had experi- enced verbal abuse, humili- ating behaviour, threats, physical violence or sexual harassment at work during the past year: SOURCES: FORUM RESEARCH, CANADIAN LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE, INSIGHTS WEST, IPSOS, STATISTICS CANADA,